I mainly keep this readme for myself, but if you're trying to adopt my dotfiles and stuck somewhere, contact me! You should be able to find my details on https://strawmelonjuice.com/me/links.

1. Clone the repo #

Cloning the nix branch using jj from my Tangled knot:

# Preparing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Temporary pre-install these required packages
nix shell nixpkgs#git nixpkgs#jujutsu --extra-experimental-features nix-command --extra-experimental-features flakes

# Cloning ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Clone the dotfiles
jj git clone https://rosa.radicle.network/zF4ocfML4MryiqMDDX77R5HSKspr.git -b main ~/.dotfiles

cd ~/.dotfiles
# Make sure to later run rad auth, cancel it, then start your node, and initialize the dotfiles repository to be able to push.
# ^That is mostly a note to self, unless you're planning to fork!

# Optional cloning ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Clone wallpapers.
jj git clone https://forge.strawmelonjuice.com/strawmelonjuice/aesthetic-wallpapers-mirror.git ~/.local/share/wallpapers/aesthetic-wallpapers
# Or https://github.com/D3Ext/aesthetic-wallpapers.git

2. Initialize a new Host (optional, if this is a brand new device) #

mkdir -p hosts/$(hostname) # Create the folder
cp /etc/nixos/*.nix ./hosts/$(hostname)/ # Copy installer configs
nano ./flake.nix # Include the new defineSystem/defineHome-entry in the nixosConfigurations block.
nano ./hosts/$(hostname)/configuration.nix # You may want to tweak this, or maybe import `../all-hosts.nix`!
echo "{}" > ./home/host-specific/$(hostname).nix # For home-manager per-machine config

Otherwise make sure the hostname matches the one before and continue to 3!

If it is a new device, but not running NixOS, you'll have to only create the defineHome and home-manager-per-machine config.

3. Deploy #

For NixOS #

jj # Capture new files so the flake can see them
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#$(hostname) # Apply based on current hostname

# If you included all-hosts.nix, you now won't have sudo anymore, so make sure doas works!

doas git config --global --add safe.directory /home/mar/.dotfiles # Safelist dotfiles for root, so doas can be used to rebuild!

For Home Manager Standalone (Non-NixOS or User-only) #

jj # Capture new files
nix run home-manager -- switch --flake .#$(hostname)

Structure #

Directory	For
hosts/*	Device-specific hardware and system settings (e.g., Fennekin's convertible tweaks).
home/*	Shared user environment and config
configs/*	Configuration files symlinked into their programs for when configuration is too advanced for home/
fonts/*	Fonts, imported by home/modules/fonts.nix

Hosts currently known #

Name	Kind	About	Special
Fennekin	Convertible laptop (fire)	My take-with-me and drawing laptop, has a nice stylus tew	Touchscreen, convertible, wifi adaptor is busted, so there's an external one.
Ponyta	Laptop (fire)	My most beefiest laptop eva! And I use it mainly as my school laptop, which is why recently after it got damaged physically I decided to switch it back to Windows so I'd use it less. Now Nixfiles are on WSL and I think used just as much. Lol!	Has a good graphics card. Bigger screen.
Samurott	Desktop PC (water)	-	Ultrawide screen, dual boots windows for games.
Cubchoo	Server (ice)	Also known as marpi5-1 or strawmelonservices!	Lives in a hamster cage
frigometri (german version of Cryogonal, symbolising server location)	Server (ice)	Cool server from friend I can use